🐻 Away Bruins 0-3 in series
4–1
Final
BOS leads 4–0
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 3-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 2204
MTL 1001

Bruins at Canadiens — First Round Game 4

Bruins, First Round Game 4, beat Canadiens 4–1 at Bell Centre on April 22, 2009.

🗓 Wed, Apr 22, 2009 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2008-09 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

MTL vs BOS · BOS leads 4–0 Full series →
Game 1
2–4
Final · BOS
Game 2
1–5
Final · BOS
Game 3
4–2
Final · BOS
Game 4
4–1
Final · BOS

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Michael Ryder
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · 17:53 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
David Krejci
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 17:12 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Phil Kessel
1 G
3 shots · 16:08 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Andrei Kostitsyn Go-ahead 1st · 00:39
Assists: Saku Koivu, Alex Kovalev · beat Tim Thomas
0–1
🐻 Michael Ryder Tying 1st · 17:27
Unassisted · beat Carey Price
1–1
🐻 David Krejci Go-ahead 1st · 19:25
Assists: Michael Ryder, Milan Lucic · beat Carey Price
2–1
2nd period
🐻 Phil Kessel 2nd · 11:58
Assists: Patrice Bergeron · beat Carey Price
3–1
🐻 Michael Ryder 2nd · 12:43
Assists: David Krejci, Dennis Wideman · beat Carey Price
4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦
30 Shots on goal 27
13 Hits 23
15 Blocked shots 21
3 Takeaways 3
10 Giveaways 16
11 Penalty minutes 32
BOS shooting 13.3% (4/30) MTL shooting 3.7% (1/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
26/27
.963 SV% · 1 GA · 59:59 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
26/30
.867 SV% · 4 GA · 59:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 4–1
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Savard · Recchi · Ryder 18:21
L2 Krejci · Bergeron · Kessel 16:48
L3 Lucic · Yelle · Kobasew 12:58
L4 Axelsson · Thornton · Wheeler 11:01
D1 Chara · Wideman 24:02
D2 Montador · Ward 19:02
D3 Stuart · Hnidy 14:49
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Higgins · Metropolit · Dandenault 18:42
L2 Kostitsyn · Plekanec · Kovalev 15:40
L3 Koivu · Lapierre · Kostopoulos 13:10
L4 Stewart · D'Agostini · Laraque 9:29
L5 Latendresse 8:43
D1 Gorges · Hamrlik 25:45
D2 Komisarek · O'Byrne 16:15
D3 Weber 10:30

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 20, 2009
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–2 · Bruins won
Apr 18, 2009
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
1–5 · Bruins won
Apr 16, 2009
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
2–4 · Bruins won
Apr 9, 2009
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
4–5 (OT) · Bruins won
Feb 1, 2009
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–1 · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on April 22, 2009?

Bruins won 4–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 4, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Bruins?

Michael Ryder (2), David Krejci, Phil Kessel.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Andrei Kostitsyn.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 26 saves on 30 shots (.867 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Apr 20
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–2 · BOS won
Next game · May 1
🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS
1–4 · BOS won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 20
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–2 · BOS won
Next game · Oct 1
🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR
4–3 · MTL won
Also on April 22, 2009
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
1–2 final
🪶CHI @ 🔥CGY
4–6 final
Bruins season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule